A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."

pwned by Daniel Rivera April 11, 2003

Related Words

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pistol pwned

1. When you play an FPS and you, with your pistol, dominate an opponent who has a much more powerful weapon.

2. Bashing to death a player with your pistol.

<Player 1> (pistol kills) <Player 2>
<player 1>: Oh snap! Pistol pwned you!

pistol pwned by mchesney August 29, 2006

omega pwned

when the pwnage has reached such an extent that one cannot be pwned any more. the ultimate and final pwn.

guy 1: did you see joe?

guy 2: no, why?

guy 1: well, he went in to get his appendix removed and they got him confused with the transexual. now his outie is an in.

guy 2: omega pwned.

omega pwned by holly molly August 19, 2006

Pwned by a Chick

To completely fail as a man in either terms of video games, driving, BBQing, or any other event that a real MAN would never lose to a chick.

Me: F**k that guy can out drift me any day.. Friend: you know that's a chick driving right? Me: BULLSHIT!!!! Friend: How does it feel to be pwned by a chick!?!

Pwned by a Chick by Xero _ Manifest December 5, 2010

pwned.nl

A site with a flash animation stereotyping the average Counter-Strike player. Everyone has seen it, yet people who just find it think it is new and post the link on forums, chat rooms, everywhere.

1337 Noob: LOLO LUK AT DIS VEDIO!111 IT IZ SO FUNEE!!121! PWNDE.NL
Everyone: OLD!

pwned.nl by Penguin X February 4, 2005

pwned.nl

Konane's life
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OMG i love the map dust I can pwn so many n00bs on it. Maybe today i'll pwn enough noobs so i can raise my rank in the server from 3 to 1, hehe. Ok you guys, let's move out, rogerthat. guys, you go forward, i'll camp here, roger that. omg you fucking loser i know you hack i'm gonna tell the admin on you you faggot. leave now you faggot leave leave before the admin bans you. fire in the hole. omg what the fuck was that i know you're fucking hacking you fucking fucking teamkiller fucker. you you're fucking definitely gonna get the server ban you faggot.

pwned.nl by konane February 5, 2005

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

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Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026